Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements |
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Composition Year | 1808-09 |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For violin, orchestra; Scores featuring the violin; |
Contents |
Work Title | Violin Concerto No.6 |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Spohr, Louis |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.28 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ILS 139 |
Key | G minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1808-09 |
First Performance. | 1809-01-09 in Sondershausen |
First Publication. | 1813 |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 22-26 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: violin Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 (2?) horns, 3 trumpets(?), strings |
Manuscript Sources | D-Mbs Mus.ms. 21786 |
External Links | Fleisher Collection |
Extra Locations | Solo part also in Vollständige Sammlung der Concert-Compositionen für die Violine |
Spohr's arrangement of the slow movement as a concert-piece for clarinet was his first clarinet work, written for Johann Simon Hermstedt (1778-1846). See Spohr's solo clarinet works
Also as to instrumentation, note that the SBB catalog describes the work as "Sixi[è]me Concerto pour Violon, Avec Accompagnement de deux Violons, Alt, deux Basses, deux Flûtes, 2 Clarinettes, 2 Hautbois, 2 Bassons, 2 Cors ; Oeuvre 28." - only 2 horns and no trumpets, pace Fleisher. (Work may have been revised after initial publication, of course.)